Rebirth: I Want to Surf

At the beginning of December, the capital was snowing.

Ning Hao filmed "Crazy Stone" and "Movie 100 Years". He took hundreds of thousands of director fees and bought a small car to drive. Stopped outside the Haidian Theater.

At the door, I saw the billboard of "Happy Twist". This year's Lunar New Year drama "Twist 3: People Drifting in the Rivers and Lakes", starring Zhou Xiaoou, the bald head of the zero band.

He entered the gate and came to a small hall of 120 people.

"Mr. Yu!"

"Well, here we come... put that fruit plate over there!"

Yu Jiajia called people around unceremoniously. Ning Hao took the fruit plate and placed it at the VIP seats in front. He found that there were also smoke, water, sugar and tea. Smoke is a rare stone forest, commonly known as "Black Stone Forest".

It costs 60 yuan a pack, and later generations have speculated for tens of thousands of yuan a pack.

"With such expensive cigarettes, don't you want to test them internally today?"

"expensive?"

Yu Jiajia turned her head and said with a smile: "Cigarettes that can be used on such occasions can also be called expensive? If they are really expensive, they must be gift-giving cigarettes. You have never heard of them.

The young masters are kind-hearted, and they don't want to see low-quality cigarettes. Black Stone Forest is the bottom line. "

Whoa!

Ning Hao was speechless, tasted it, and asked again: "Then is there a distinguished guest here today?"

"Yes, behave well in a while."

About half an hour later, there was some noise outside, and footsteps sounded.

Immediately afterwards, Yao Yuan walked in accompanied by Zhou Yunfan and Wang Leilei. Yu Jiajia went up to meet him and introduced Ning Hao. When Ning Hao shook hands, he slightly looked at the so-called President Zhou and President Wang, both of whom had faces that had never been bullied.

Oh, I understand it in my heart.

Sit down and have nothing to say, just watch the movie, "Crazy Stone".

Historically, Ning Hao originally found Andy Lau to invest and promised to give 5 million yuan, but when the filming started, he only called for 3 million yuan.

There was basically no publicity, and it all relied on word of mouth from the audience, and it took 23.5 million box office.

Now, Yao Yuan has paid a full 5 million. Of course, the whole story has not changed, but it can be clearly seen that it is much better than the rough feeling of the original version, and it is more refined.

There was constant laughter in the viewing room, and the atmosphere was excellent.

With a "click", Huang Bo smashed the glass of the bakery with a hammer, and was chased by the boss on the circular viaduct riding a small motorcycle, and the film ended.

"Papa papa!"

Wang Leilei, a man of temperament, took the lead in clapping his hands and raised his thumbs up: "Awesome!"

Zhou Yunfan wanted to be gentle, and nodded in approval.

"How much did this film cost?"

"5000000."

"Fuck!"

Wang Leilei spat and cursed: ""Hero" made 200 million, and "House of Flying Daggers" made almost 300 million. It's like stinking shit. Zhang Yimou should really be brought over to see, what is storytelling!"

Zhou Yunfan said: "You can't say that. The film market was sluggish before, and blockbuster films were needed to stimulate consumption. If you compare the market in the past two years, the audience's enthusiasm for films has increased significantly.

Hey, do you have any news about "The Promise", how is it going? "

"rotten!"

"Have you seen it?"

"No, but my intuition tells me it's bad!" Yao Yuan affirmed.

whispering sound!

Both Zhou Yunfan and Wang Leilei are fond of film and television. When the former was at Kongkong.com, he undertook the development of China Film's wireless peripherals. The latter took over as the CEO of Kongkong.com and invested directly in movies.

It's just that Wang Leilei's vision is not good, and most of the films he invested in hit the street.

They didn't believe Yao Yuan's categorical statement, and they were looking forward to "The Promise". Chen Kaige's personality was not damaged, and he was still the great director who won the Palme d'Or.

Then, Yao Yuan called Ning Hao over and talked about the creator's mental journey.

Zhou Yunfan said: "This film is already very mature, what do you want us to do?"

"The film industry is too big, I can't digest it myself, and you two are enthusiasts, so there is strength in numbers."

"Then why do we have to cooperate with you?" Wang Leilei laughed.

"Because I was able to find director Ning Hao with 5 million yuan and make "Crazy Stone"." Yao Yuan also laughed.

The three of them are already very familiar, but Yao Yuan doesn't trust them, and he doesn't guarantee the friendship. He just keeps proving his strength, keeps drawing cakes, and pulls the two to continue to cooperate.

Zhou Yunfan thought for a while and asked, "Are you so sure that the film industry will grow?"

"When the reform and opening up was first started, a ticket for "Shaolin Temple" cost 10 cents, and it could buy more than 100 million yuan. How big is the mass base of the film?

In a country with more than one billion people, the film market is not good, which is against logic. "

Yao Yuan shrugged.

Ning Hao didn't realize it, and Yu Jiajia tsk-tsk beside him. The size of 99's entry into the film industry was already astonishing, but now it's called a partner, and it's even more gigantic.

In fact, Yao Yuan can do it by himself. If he does it alone, he has to build a relationship from scratch, including production, distribution, review, screening, etc., but if he finds them as a partner, he will get the green light all the way.

To put it bluntly, even going through the trial will be easier.

For a simple example, why did Feng Pants take over the job of directing the 2014 Spring Festival Gala? That's because during the censorship of "1942", someone contributed, and Feng Pants wanted to repay the favor.

And why did Gong Li accept the filming of "Win the Championship"? It is also a conditional replacement, in order to let "Lyceum Theater" pass the trial.

It says a lot!

…………

Coming out of the Haidian Theater, Yao Yuan had a meal with Yu Jiajia and Ning Hao, and then returned to Palm Springs.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw a few bags thrown on the sofa. Yin Yin was wearing a down jacket she just bought, twisting around in front of the mirror, asking, "Does it look good?"

"It's okay, you pull me over and have a look."

Yinyin unzipped the zipper, revealing the black sweater inside and the jeans underneath, but she bought a pair of new shoes and dangled them in front of him again.

With long arms and long legs, it is no problem to defend against James alone.

"Okay, you can dress up!"

"Don't mention it, I just now realize that I used to be ugly and a mess!"

Yinyin pouted, and asked, "I'm just curious, why do you like me the way I used to be?"

"Then I was penniless before, why do you like me?"

"It's not how famous you are that I'm interested in!"

"It's the same, it's called running in both directions."

Yao Yuan took a look at the other clothes she bought, um, he also brought a set for himself, and I have to say that it is much better than before, shooting some commercials really enlightened him, at least he knew what collocation is.

Yinyin took off her clothes, hung them up carefully, and asked, "Are you busy this time?"

"It's okay, what are you doing?"

"I want to go to the premiere of The Promise."

"ha?"

Yao Yuan grinned and said, "I said I don't have time, is there still time?"

"I'm surprised. Why are you so hostile to Chen Kaige? I saw that the filming of "The Promise" was quite good, and "News Network" even promoted it."

Yinyin didn't understand, and snorted, "People all over the country are looking forward to it, but you alone, it's inexplicable!"

"It's not inexplicable, it's the most basic conscience of the audience..."

Yao Yuan looked at her, oh forget it, let's go.

Chen Dadao claims that no one can understand "The Promise" within five years. He has spanned 20 years, two lives, this state of mind, this experience, this vicissitudes of life, you can always understand it!

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